The 50th anniversary American Music Awards special will feature Mariah Carey, Brad Paisley and Jennifer Lopez

The anniversary special event will feature performances celebrating the history of American music and the AMAs

The American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special Event will be star-studded.

On Thursday, September 26, CBS and Dick Clark Productions announced that the special – taking place in place of the regular American Music Awards ceremony to celebrate the show’s 50th anniversary – will feature Brad Paisley, Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, Green Day, Jennifer Hudson, Kane Brown, Mariah Carey, RAYE and Stray Kids.

Additionally, special guests and announcers of the event will be Carrie Underwood, who has won 17 AMAs in her career, multiple award winners Gloria Estefan and Jennifer Lopez, and five-time AMA host Jimmy Kimmel.

CBS described the show as “an evening celebrating half a century of groundbreaking music, iconic moments, unforgettable performances and rich pop culture history.” The two-hour special will air on Sunday, October 6 – making it the first AMA event since the last American Music Awards in November 2022. Regular AMAs will air in May 2025, CBS added.

According to a press release, each performer intends to honor the achievements of previous AMA award winners.

Brad Paisley is set to honor the late country singer Charley Pride, who won the first country and country album AMAs. Chaka Khan will perform “I’m Every Woman” in honor of “50 Years of Achievement by Female Artists,” and Gladys Knight will perform “Midnight Train to Georgia” 50 years after her last AMA performance in 1974.

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Green Day will “celebrate the history of rock music” with a performance of their hit “Dilemma,” and Jennifer Hudson is set to honor Whitney Houston with a tribute performance. Kane Brown will ‘celebrate country music’s legacy at the American Music Awards with a performance of classic and contemporary hits,’ and Mariah Carey will celebrate her 20th album anniversary Mimi’s Emancipation.

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Singer-songwriter RAYE will perform James Brown’s “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World” after the American Music Award of Merit retrospective, and K-pop group Stray Kids will honor boy band legacy at the AMAs.

The special will also be “a tribute to the last 50 years and will feature dazzling new performances, candid artist interviews, legendary special guests, and exclusive, never-before-seen footage from DCP’s extensive archives, highlighting iconic moments that have defined the awards show,” and have shaped pop culture,” CBS said in a press release.

The American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special will air on CBS and on Paramount+ streaming (live for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers or on-demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers) on October 6 at 8 p.m. 8ET/5PT.

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